DEBORAH PICKMAN CLIFFORD is a New England historian and the author of The Passion of Abby Hemenway (2001, distributed by UPNE). NICHOLAS R. CLIFFORD taught history at MIT, Princeton, and Middlebury and is the author of six previous books.
"For anyone who has written or who wants to write state-level
history "The Troubled Roar of the Waters" is a model of
success.--Vermont History
"The story is told with perceptive analysis."--Bennington
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"This book tells the story of the flood, the formation and work of
emergency relief committees, the efforts to rebuild in a harsh
climate, and the ways in which the disaster fundamentally affected
the state's political and social development."--Natural Hazards
Observer
"Vermonters reacted to the challenge of post-flood recovery by
invoking their own brand of exceptionalism: "the state's tradition
of self-reliance and its reluctance to accept charity." That
ideology was epitomized by Governor John Weeks's defiant,
postdiluvian declaration, that "Vermont can take care of its own."
The authors point out that this stubbornness and sense of
independence was mingled with nativism and, at times, eugenic
ideas. Vermont did largely take care of its own . . . This is a
thoroughly researched and well-written analysis of a modern
catastrophe that is based on an abundance of archival and published
sources."--Journal of American History
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